Read full poem →Some guttural exclamation of surprise
The Red Man gave in poking about the mill
Over the great big thumping shuffling mill-stone
Dictionary Entry
To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
Origin
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Common Phrases
around pokingfun pokingpoking gopoking began
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Poetry examples for “poking”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The woman keeps the kitchen, makes tea,
Sneezes at evening, poking the peevish gutter.
Read full poem →You to come with me
poking into negro houses
with their gloom and smell!